Aerospace CFD & Aerodynamics Intern

Regent; North Kingstown (RI); On-site; USD 28,000 - 41,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Housing stipend

Free lunches

Mentorship

Professional development

Job summary

REGENT is developing Seagliders for coastal transport. As an Aerodynamics Engineering Intern, you will craft CFD tooling for setup, scheduling, and post-processing, and apply these tools to real aerodynamic calculations for active vehicle programs.

You will work across the full CFD workflow, validate models, and present outcomes to the aerodynamics team, driving efficiency and design insights. This paid internship includes mentorship and hands-on development experience.

Qualifications

• Currently pursuing an undergraduate degree in aerospace or mechanical engineering with aerodynamics coursework.
• Exposure to CFD and understanding of pre-processing, solving, and post-processing workflow.
• Programming experience, ideally in Python.
• Comfortable working in a Linux environment.
• Genuine curiosity about aerodynamic modeling of flying vehicles.

Responsibilities

• Build and refine CFD tooling for job setup, scheduling, results handling, and post-processing.
• Run real aerodynamic calculations for active programs using the tools developed.
• Identify friction points in workflows and propose concrete efficiency improvements.
• Work across the full CFD workflow from pre-processing to solver execution to post-processing.
• Present work and its impact to the aerodynamics team, showing how it improved operations.

Job description

REGENT is developing Seagliders for coastal transport. As an Aerodynamics Engineering Intern, you will craft CFD tooling for setup, scheduling, and post-processing, and apply these tools to real aerodynamic calculations for active vehicle programs.

You will work across the full CFD workflow, validate models, and present outcomes to the aerodynamics team, driving efficiency and design insights. This paid internship includes mentorship and hands-on development experience.